Amended noise action plan of Goa
Goa government has notified the ‘Amended Noise Action Plan’ to purportedly streamline the processes related to curbing noise pollution in the state, as specified before the High Court on April 30. The
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TB detection mobile van launched
VALPOI: A tuberculosis detection mobile van was launched by Vishwajit Rane at the medical camp held at Khadi village, in Valpoi on Saturday. “Two thousand TB patients are found in Goa, per year and
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People must cooperate with govt to tackle climate change
PANAJI: Cooperation from the government and public along with effective policy development are the need of the hour to tackle climate change, said experts speaking at a two-day conference on Changing environment:
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More microplastics on Maha, K'taka beaches than Goa: study
Microplastics, one of the carriers of pollution to the marine environment, have been found moreon the beaches of Karnataka and Maharashtra as compared to Goa, according to a scientific study. The microplastics
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DESTROY, DESTRUCT, DAMAGE: Anatomy of a mining agitation
PANJIM: For close to five hours Panjim was taken over and its spaces conquered by mining dependents who stormed the seat of governance, leaving the State machinery jittery and at a lose end. Finally,
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Mining deadline: Goa ministers’ panel seeks revision plea in SC
The committee has advised the government to look into two situations, either an extension in way of relief from the Supreme Court, or a complete process where MLAs of each constituency could tabulate the
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MoEF to regularise projects that failed to obtain CRZ clearances
PANJIM: In what could grant major relief to project proponents, who failed to obtain prior clearances under the coastal regulation zone (CRZ) for their projects, the Union Ministry for Environment and
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MoEF seeks modification of NGT order on grant of EC in regulated areas
PANJIM: Citing a “communication gap”, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has approached the National Green Tribunal (NGT) seeking a modification of its order on grant of Environment Clearances
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Activists, locals say no to PDA, eco-destruction
Saligao: Environmentalists, villagers from Verla-Canca in Bardez as well as activists from Tiswadi and Salcete gathered together at Mapusa on Tuesday to voice their opposition against illegal felling of
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HC asks for government report on water availability at Sonshi
PANAJI: The high court of Bombay at Goa directed the chief engineer of the public works department (PWD) to visit Sonshi, inspect the ground realities there regarding availability of safe drinking water
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No more air & water consents to be given or amended: GSPCB
PANJIM: In a major setback to the Directorate of Mines and Geology (DMG), which had redistributed the iron ore extraction limit amongst the operational mines, the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB)